Alcohol

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Brooklyn’s Irishtown Whisky Raids; Jimmy Haggerty’s Escape [published December 4, 1881]

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I had a talk, the other day, with...

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Edwin Forrest and Wasted Talent [published Nov. 2, 1884]

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Goin’ along Lispenard street, the other day, I...

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The First “Wickedest Man in New York” [published Feb. 10, 1884]

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The recent efforts of old Mr. Gibbs, the...

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Francis Murphy’s Path to Temperance [published Sep. 30, 1883]

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Francis Murphy, like all the big temperance men,...

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Dens of the Five Points [published Jan. 9, 1881]

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Thirty years ago, when I came to New...

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Extremes of Self-Promotion: John B. Gaugh and Henry M. Paine [published June 5, 1881]

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People were just as anxious to get and...

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A. T. Stewart, Wine Connoisseur [published Nov. 1, 1885]

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The late lamented Morris Franklin president of the...

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Downfall of the Westcott Heirs [published June 22, 1884]

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Goin’ down Broadway recently I passed the site...

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Internal Revenue agent Brooks and the Whiskey Ring [published Sep. 7, 1884]

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I came across Sheridan Shook the other day...